SuperworthW.W. Grainger dividend yield GWW
Dividends per share over the last twelve months divided by the share price, since 1985.
- Today, Oct 23, 2026
- 0.70%
- 10-year median
- 1.4%
- Against its 10-year history
- 3rd
- percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
- 10-year range
- 0.7% to 3.1%
- Peer median
- 1.7%
W.W. Grainger pays 0.70% of its share price in dividends over a year, as of Oct 23, 2026.
That is below its ten-year median of 1.4%, lower than on 97% of days in the last ten years.
Over that time it ranged from 0.7% in Nov 2024 to 3.1% in Aug 2017.
The median for 8 industrial distribution stocks of a similar size is 1.7%.
Dividend yield over time
The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.
Year by year
| Year | End of year | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.9% |
| 2025 | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| 2024 | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| 2022 | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.5% |
| 2021 | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 1.5% | 1.4% | 2.7% |
| 2019 | 1.7% | 1.7% | 2.1% |
| 2018 | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2.2% |
| 2017 | 2.1% | 1.9% | 3.1% |
| 2016 | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.5% |
| 2015 | 2.3% | 1.6% | 2.4% |
| 2014 | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.7% |
| 2013 | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.5% |
| 2012 | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| 2011 | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.8% |
| 2010 | 1.5% | 1.5% | 2.0% |
| 2009 | 1.8% | 1.8% | 2.6% |
| 2008 | 2.1% | 1.6% | 2.4% |
| 2007 | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
Against its peers
Companies in Industrial - Distribution nearest W.W. Grainger's size, closest first, today.
| Company | Dividend yield |
|---|---|
| GWWW.W. Grainger | 0.70% |
| FASTFastenal | 1.85% |
| FERGFerguson | 1.57% |
| WCCWESCO International | n/m |
| WSOWatsco | n/m |
| AITApplied Industrial Technologies | n/m |
| CNMCore & Main | n/m |
| POOLPool | n/m |
| MSMMSC Industrial Direct | n/m |
| Peer median | 1.71% |
Where W.W. Grainger ranks
What the dividend yield tells you
Yearly dividends per share divided by the share price.
A yield that suddenly looks high often means the price fell because the dividend is at risk.
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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.